Sniper from Tacoma set for execution in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia judge has set a Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, the former Tacoma man responsible for the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead.

Muhammad's attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and ask Gov. Timothy Kaine for clemency.

Muhammad was sentenced to death for the slaying of Dean Meyers, who was shot at a Manassas gas station during a three-week killing spree in October 2002 that left 10 dead in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. His teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, is serving life in prison for the shooting spree.

Malvo and Muhammad lived in the Tacoma, Wash., area before the sniper shootings. Malvo has admitted killing Keenya Cook in Tacoma in February 2002 but was not charged.
--The Associated Press